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Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the folthereof, reference being hadto the accompany- NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. SULLIVAN, OF WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO EDWARD H.

POTTER, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,874, dated December21, 1886.

Application filed October 14, 1886. Serial No. 216,226.

To all whom) it. may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. SULLIVAN, of Vindsor, in the county ofEssex and Province of Ontario, Canada, having invented new and usefulImprovements in Attachments to lowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription ing drawings,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements infastenings for shoelacings; and it consists in the peculiar combinations and the novel construction and adaptation of the'fastening, allas more fully hereinafter described and claimed. In the drawings, Figure1 represents in perspective a portion of a shoe-upper provided with myimproved fastening, and Fig. 2 represents the fastener detached.

A represents the fastener formed of and stamped out of a piece ofmeta'l,and provided. with prongs a, two or more in number, three beingshown, and an arm, I), which is bent to form a concavity, c, to receivethe shoe string or lacing. I attach importance to this feature, wherebythe lacing will not press against and hurt the foot. The end of the armb bears against the leather of the upper just sufficiently to preventthe lacing from becoming displaced, and yet allow of the insertion ofthe latter, the elasticity of the leather aiding in (No model.)

I am aware of the Patents Nos. 111,625,

198,134,and 308,569, and make no claim to the 3 5 construction showntherein as forming part of more, the pressure on the metal plate betweenthe lacing and the shoe is more or less uncomfortable to the wearer.

What I claim as my invention is- As an improved article of manufacture,the fastener desoribed,consisting of a metal plate, A, comprising in asingle element the prongs a and the arm b,bent in the same generaldirection as said prongs and provided with concavity a, substantially asdescribed,and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES A. SULLIVAN.

Witnesses:

' H. S. SPRAGUE,

E. ScULLY.

